644 LXXVIII. SAPOTACE. [| Chrysophyllum 
seed solitary, ellipsoidal, ? in. long, 3 in. broad, 2 in, thick, 
polished at least on one side, exalbuminous ; embryo # in. long, 
3 in, broad and thick; radicle very small; cotyledons semi- 
ellipsoidal, 2 in. long. 
GoLtunco ALro.—In primitive forests among the eastern Queta 
mountains ; fl. end of June 1856. Nos. 4817, 4825. 
Punco ANpDONGO.—In the deep valleys among the gigantic rocks 
on the northern side of the presidium, sporadic ; ripe fr. Jan. 1857. 
No. 4821. In the little forests of Catete in the preesidium ; fl.-bud 
April 1857. No. 4822. Near Catete ; fr. June 1857. Con. Carp. 694. 
This is nearly related to C. albidum G. Don, 
2. SIDEROXYLON Dill., L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 655 
1. §. densiflorum Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 5035 
Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 210 (1884). 
IsLAND OF St. THoMAs.—A beautiful tree, called by the Portuguese 
colonists ‘‘P4o Azeitona” (olive-wood). In the denser forests be- 
tween the town and Monte Caffé ; without either fl. or fr. Dec. 1860. 
Nos. 4839, 6764. 
The determination is rather doubtful ; the foliage differs from that 
of the type of the species by the little prominence of the lateral veins. 
According to Ficalho, /.c., the tree in St, Thomas is reported to reach 
60 ft. in height. 
3. MIMUSOPS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 661. 
1. M. angolensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. p. 523 (1890). 
Ampriz.—A small tree, 6 to 10 ft. high; branches spreading ; 
branchlets mostly ternate, the terminal ones nodding or even 
pendulous ; leaves crowded at the tips of the branchlets ; flowers 
sweet-scented, in colour from orange to dusky or cinnamon ; fruit 
drupaceous, fleshy, subspherical, yellow. In hilly bushy places near 
Ponta d’Ambriz, rather rare ; fl. Nov. 1853, No. 4836. 
Conco.—A small tree. At Ponta do Padrao, near the mouth of 
the river Zaire, Dec. 1857; a poor specimen in fr., probably belonging 
to this species. No. 4838. 
2. M. cuneifolia Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p, 506. 
Kaukenia cuneifolia O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 406 (1891). 
Ampriz.—A tree, 15 ft. high; trunk patently branched a little 
above the base; branches rather elongated, ascending ; branchlets 
fasciculately leafy. In wooded situations in Mossul domain, rather 
rare ; without either fl. or fr. end of Nov. 1853. Apparently this 
species. No. 4837. 
3. M. Welwitschii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. p. 524 (1890). 
GoLunco ALTo.—A tree, 10 to 15 ft. high, patently branched ; 
leaves dryly coriaceous, penni-nerved, calling to mind those of 
Guttifere. In the primitive forests among the mountains of the 
eastern Queta ; without either fl. or fr. March 1856. No. 4815. A 
tree, 25 to 30 ft. high; trunk 9 in. in. diameter at the base, unbranched 
to the height of 10 to 15 ft. ; the lower branches directed gradually 
downwards; the crown leafy, oblong, evergreen ; leaves coriaceous, 
rather dry, brittle, but little glossy ; calyces and peduncles ferruginous- 
lepidote, remaining in the same state from March to the end of July. 
